We're also just beginning to develop a separate education collection. In addition to numbering the items, we've developed an working policy that anything acquired by the education staff for hands-on programs must be reviewed by curatorial & registration. If the item is thought to be of "collection quality," then the item is accessioned and made part of the permanent collections. Some items have been and are being deaccessioned from the collections for use in education. So far, as a working policy, it's helped to guide us. Once something is assigned to education, we're free to do with it as we see fit. If it breaks or is lost, then we'll simply note that in our database. Ed Pershey, Director of Education & Curator of Urban History Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio [log in to unmask]